Sturgis firefighter charged after alleged sex with 16-year-old

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CENTREVILLE, Mich. – Firefighter Joshua Snyder, 36, of Sturgis, is charged with criminal sexual conduct (CSC) after allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old high school student.

Snyder faces four counts of CSC: one count each of felony second and third degree, in addition to two counts of CSC high court misdemeanor fourth degree. Snyder faces up to 15 years behind bars and mandatory AIDS and STD testing for the felony counts, and two years behind bars and $500 fines for the misdemeanor counts.

According to court documents, Snyder had inappropriate relations with his daughter’s 16-year-old best friend that started in April 2014. The victim would visit the fire station at night with and without her friend, Snyder’s daughter.

According to the victim’s statement, she and Snyder first kissed on Aug. 3, 2014. Police confirmed that that date was the password to both the victim and Snyder’s cell phones.

7 comments

psycho

how ignorant can a 36 yr. old man be? he couldn’t figure out that this wasn’t going anywhere, other than bad? and what kind of friend did the daughter really have. prison for sure and CSC isn’t appreciated by other inmates….

froggylog

Can’t blame him for making bad choices! We all make em’ hope he learns from the consequences of his actions! As we all do when we make a mistake! Saving lives for a living might decrease chances in doing the max.

Brie

He was married which made it so worse and they had concentual relations and I believe this girl was just as much fault as he was she was showing up at his work and opening her legs and how do we know if she didn’t have a disease and passed it on to him she needs to be tested as well and girls like this need to grow up and quit getting men into trouble little b****** any way if I was his wife I would go off on her and wouldn’t be nice about it

Bj couch

Michelle

Are you serious? “Girls like this need to grow up and quit getting men into trouble…”? She was a fifteen year old girl when it started. She was a little girl with a crush on a firefighter. Happens all the time. I had a crush on my teacher when I was that age. The difference is my teacher wasn’t a pervert and knew what was harmless flirtation from a lovesick child and what was crossing the line. He tolerated me, never touched me and never flirted back. That’s what MEN do when children flirt with them. Not flirt back and engage in sexual acts with them. How dare you put any fault on a teenage girl for leading a man in his thirties astray. You should feel ashamed of yourself.